What distinguishes the first wāw from the succeeding wāws in the oath sequence?
Supplementary Practice 27 — Comparative Rhetoric of Sūrat al-Shams and Sūrat al-Layl
- All are circumstantial wāws
- The first is oath-wāw; later wāws coordinate further oath objects
- Each subsequent wāw requires its own oath response
- The first is only a resumption particle